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YANGTSE ATTACK AND THE LONDON MEETING Urgent Note Injected Into Premiers' Talks

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1940.

The Cost Of Arming Europe

Washington, April 21. Mr. Dean Acheson, U.3. Becretary of State, told 'the Bonate

Forelan Relations Committed today it l timated that foreign military aid will Cost the United, *States $1,400 million; amam- ber of the Committee sald after the meeting.

-Mr-Achalonerátor' disáliky - ed with the 'Benators behind `cloned #dora; ' 'Ha'ls 'rejisfied

to have told the Group that:

bill to darry but the pre- Fowed $1,400 million pra- grammere being prepared. | The $1,400 million figure' with presumably be the first year's "odat of the' programme, mam.

hors sald,Reuters.

ROBESON DEFENDS RUSSIA

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"BRITISH REALISM IN CHINA POLICY

"New York, Apřil 21. Hanton W. Baldwin, “New York Times" columnist, - said today: "The involvement of British ships in the renowed fighting emphasises the some- what different palicios Britain and the United ́States scom to be following in China.” Baldwin wrote: "After the war the British were urged

to retire from Hong Kong in a 'China for Chin- Mese' urge that them swept the world. Today the Notionalist Government is probably "thankful that Hong Kong is a British-held bastion against Communism.

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"That is obliter frull to grow out of our victory in the Prelfie, for which we pold so dearly."

"It is certainly not averse al this juncture to British men of-war upon the Yangtse or to the embrollment of the British

No Intervention lover ones to stand by ily

The "Herald-Tribune" salt, and see their seamen killed.

"Our own policies have been regarding the attack on British fr practical terms quite Clif- warships, that the shelling "while It may lead to justified retalia- tion will almost certainly turn Baldwin 'described the reduc- Q01 to be an incident (a word tion of American naval and milli-that can be used in International strength to the Far East. affairs to cover murdier) rather

1sthan

British Interven- rause for mean that Asia to be left to stew intlon in China's civil war."

The newspaper 11s own juice. Far from it. We

per declared: "If effective foreign intervention are following AT opportunistie

were possible In China, the "and"walt-and-see policy in China

Communist We are

rebola

might be ind elsewhere In Asia.

dealt with in the same manner unibleing the Ok principle of the free determina-

rebellion was that the Boxer put down almost 50 years 290 tion of the peoples.

and the Taiping rebellion put In 1866. This cannot be done today.

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does not

Wilsonian

"But there is room for argu-

London, April 21.. The Chinese Communist attacks on British warships in the Yang- tse injected a new note of urgency into the opening conferen- ce of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers. Although the conference is primarily interested insolving the question of India's:

future membership, sources said that the Yangtse attack could well be

Paris, April 21. a gesture of defiance or a Communist answer to the Commonwealth

The American Negrd singer, conference.

Paul Robeson, today defended the existence of concentration Sources directly concerned with South East Asian affairs believe the Com-

campain Russin and dénganch munists deliberately attacked the British ships for two reasons:

ed: Provident Truman's civi Chifley rights campaign in the United } To prompt the with enough to defy 71 Western Afriend, Mr. Joseph drawal

(Australia), and Mr. Dow Steplied States as inhrto. warship.power. Foreign

Senanayake (Ceylon), with “MuRobeson, delegate to the Com from the Yangtse.

biformed cireles muid the new Lentre Pearson, Conation Marls-mumist-sponsored World Peace: Communed offensive maet inter for External Affaits, and Mr. | Congress, here, said: "11 is ment whother' or not, In our fener The Commonwealth con-Cement Allee, Britain's Prime significant that Mr. Truman slay- | hand-off policy, we are being ference at only for the fact that Minister.

rd Florida during the recent quite Southern Albuster on the civil Dve of the eight countries parti- Cipating are $11 Southern Asia,

rights programme. When I get back to the United States 1 am I reported that the Bur-

going to ask Negroes how long inese Premier, Thekin Nu, had

they intend to keep on kidding the Indian and Conterral with

Asked what he

about thinks Pakistani Prime Ministers bèlare

Pandit Neline posed smilingly they left f London and had before a buffery

civil rights in Hussla, Robeson press and said: "American and French im naked both to ergitest British ald

on alighting for Porma's Balt

from his ear, which flow the In- bodies of hundreds of thousands

uns built over perialism

The Communist rebeis,

dian

white and green

and almost

of Negives Tetentour

can't get excited therefore about Other KUPNIK t Mc. Jawaharlal Nehru, Weylimcheon eludert:

there the case of apme people in shane npart from concentration" unps in a young figure of the Conference, had his Premiers, Queen Mory, Prin- growing state like Russia." a long private talk with Mress Elizabeth and the Duke of

Robeson, who left Paris today It added: "Yet even If the Clement Attlee the Prime Edinburgh.

Princess Margaret, to keep a concert engagement in Communists do succeed in eap- KENNETH ROYALL The Duke and Duchess of Glo Stockholm, sild the camp inturing Nanking, the war would cester, the Duchess of Kent and mates are Princess Alice and the Earl of and

** Jadded: Athlete-United

they Press and Fascists, that's where they be- Reuter.

long."-United Press.

BRITONS 'VICTIMS OF MURDER'

London, April 21,

The Conservative "Daily Mall day termed the Chinese Commomat attack 2:21 British 1.hip:

in the Yangtze River "naked aggression,"

In a front-page editorial, the "Mini" if

**Those who have been kiled are victims of mur- der Britain must exnet retri butkan and demand punislament." The puper asked: "How is it the Chinese dare to attack our warships? Such action would have been inconeriyable even few years ago.

"For answer, let us look at Singapore. The echoes' from the

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the

The Indian Prime Minister,

Minister, this afternoon,

The

the

meeting compister series of individual and informal conversations between the Prime Minister and the Commonwealth leaders, begun yesterday. have enabled the visiting Muis- ters to bring up lo dinte their pre- vious conversations with the four British special envoys who re cently travelled to the Commons- wealth capitals for consultations,

Pandit Nehru, after his arrival

night, by air here last

paid a

fall of that impregnable British surprise call upon Earl Mount-

1942 fortress in

are stilk rum-batten shortly before

realistic about it all as the British who have borne the burden of world responsibilities To: longer than We,"

lunger effective Hundreds of sightseers writed jmetalele

tide No 1. Downing Street, to watch the visiting Premiers for a sherry party given. arrive by M. Allee before the Palace

antheon.

themselves."

probably

"Fascikis"

India Outpost Of Democracy In East

London, April 21,

midnight. The Conservative "Daily Telegraph" today describes India as a tremendous outpost of democratic ideas in the East.

bhag round the world a is Lord Mountbatten, who ns last effects, are still being felt.

"A nation which appears to be weak and unwilling to en.

•Force its rights gets no respect In this world.

Viceroy carried out the transfer of power from Britain to india and Pakistan in 1947. kad him- zelf landed by al

Maita from

Only An Incident

"A few Western mins-or even many hundreds of them-are no instruments to cow and control millians of 'Asia- Lies. Even in the Yangtse Valley, once dominated by the BriEN, IL is possible for the Reds to shell plainly marked British worships "The Times" editorial said the without proviucing a repetion they Chinese Nationallat Government only thing that can still save the could not afford.

"At any rate, Brilish interven- would be either Communist re- tion in China is not to be ex-

of the

counter-pected-just as the American in consideration

future proposals they have submitted or not-and the immedalte

Communist defent at the Yang-of that unhappy country depends tse, but these are unlikely alter-upon the Chinese themselves." natives,

United Press.

in Dre

"If she 'left the Power, as we only a few hours before.

wealth, she would have said time and again, is

Earl Mountbatten, now a Rear herself be infinitely lil the thing that counts."

Admiral Commanding the Flest but so also would the resisting of the Commonwealth on its own The Conservative "Daily Ex-

Cruiser Squadron in the Medi-power of those ideas in a con- notes that HMS Amethyst (22) pret

terranean. will allend the naval tinent now the scene of a far- was carrying supplies to Num

and land exercise king at a time when

it

"Trident" at reaching attack upon them," it ann WHA known the Communist

the Greenwich Noval armies

College added. were about to aunch a grad

during his London visit.

Mr. Nehru, on his last visit din's apparent determination

The newspaper referred to In- ussault across the ilver.

It asked: Was the best method adopted to carry supplies to Nanking?"--United Press,

Syria-Israel Talks Deadlock

,

Huila. April 21.

It was reported here today

to

Common- the bonds of Empire to a mere certainly ritual gesture, or the question of weaker, any nation enjoying membership

terms, or on no terms at all,

thing "But the

that first emerges is that India le exert- ing a coal effort to retain the Commonwealth association."

London for the Commonwealth

Suggesting India may wish to be republic, and said: "It is not Prime Ministers Conference in October,

true, as some suppose, that all preserve the military co-opera- Pald two Visits to thad

materialities couli remain once ion and economic ties with the Mountbatten country home of

the Commonwealth,

newspaper Broadlands, Hampshire,

the spiritual ties were broken. in the

adds: "In short, India may be West Country.

Commonwealth converted ready to assume the obligations The Indian Prime Minister this into a nebulous alliance or an as well as to exercise the privi- morning called upon Sir Stafford entente would not be the Com-leges. How enger must be the Cripps, Chancellor of the Exche-monwealth.”

effort to give those aspirations quer. and ane of the British

The "Daily Express" said there expression In a new Charter of latesmen closely identified with can be no question of reducing the Empire."--Reuter.

the transfer of power to India

that the Syrian-Israeli armis-and Pakistan. tice conference is deadlocked over conflicting demands for boundaries,

Rashupinah, Syrian and Jewish delegates argued averi

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Syrian-held positions inside boundaries

tho

Mr. Nehru and Mr. Leator

Pearson

inter talked over tea

at Claridge's Hotel.

The

Commonwealth were guests of

leaders

the King and Lieutenant-Colonel Mordecai Queen at a luncheon in their Maklefe said Israel maists that honour dexday. Thirty people at- the positions bu restored to lended the function at Bucking- Israel. However, the Syrians 1-hum Palace.

sist on retaining their Western The Dominion Premiers pre- Galilee hill positious until a final sent were Pandit Nehru (Indin), peace selfiement is nude.-- Mr. Liaquat All Khon (Pak!- United Press.

Istan), Dr. Daniel Matan (South

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not necessarily be at an enl. For penetrating into Southern China, the Red Army must ex- pect to meet provincial loyalties and resistance to far greater degree than In the North."

*RESIGNS Washington. "April 21. President Truman announced tonight that Mr. Kenneth Royalt has resigned as the United States Secretary of the Army.

The President told his weekly Regarding attacks on British

has press conference that he warships, "The Times" said: "It accepted Mr. Royall's resignation, may be that the Communista but cannot

will say yet who mistook them for Nationalist war-succeed him. The text of Mr. ships and that this attack

will Royall's resignation, dlated Feb- prove to be only an incident that ruary 28, disclosed that his deci

diplomatic can be settled by

slon was dictated by his desire, to return to civil life.

means.

"Bat the circumstancso of the ettrok

suggest another Panay affair which is bringing more British Warships to the the casualties. acena to rescue The final result of this inter- vention remains to be moen,"

Mr. Truman said that he does not expect any further major changes in the defence establish-

ment. Reuter.

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